UP launches digital lab to develop future-fit employable students

Posted on November 01, 2022

In a bid to address SA’s staggering youth unemployment, UP has launched a Digital Capability Lab that will equip students with skills that will enable them to thrive and adapt to the constantly evolving world of work.

UP Sustainable Development Report takes a broad view of sustainability

Posted on October 27, 2022

The University of Pretoria’s intentional focus on sustainable development in the past 10 years has been deepening and maturing.

UP academic appointed to serve on international accounting board

Posted on October 20, 2022

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Andrew van der Burgh, a senior lecturer in the Department of Accounting, has been appointed as a board member of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB).

UP EXPERT OPINION: South Africa’s small-scale farmers still can’t find a place in the food value chain

Posted on October 19, 2022

Dr's Adrino Mazenda and Tyanai Masiya, both of the School of Public Management and Administration at UP write that “the contribution of the small scale agricultural sector to the South African food value addition agenda is restricted on many frontiers which require government...

Greening SA’s economy in a post-COVID era

Posted on October 12, 2022

Profs Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Heinrich Bohlmann and Dr Jessika Bohlmann, all of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, presented the preliminary results of their study on the economic impact of the South African energy transition to key stakeholders in energy and...

EMS establishes Africa’s first Chair focused on customer experience management

Posted on October 04, 2022

The Department of Marketing Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) at the University of Pretoria (UP) has recently established the Chair in Customer Experience Management – occupied by Professor Adré Schreuder. The Chair, which is the first of its kind in...

UP EXPERT OPINION: Want to get more women to start their own businesses? Here’s what it takes

Posted on September 22, 2022

Research shows that women in South Africa are less likely to consider starting a business than men. They are also significantly less likely to act on their entrepreneurial intentions, says Professor Melodi Botha of the Department of Business Management.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Gender equality is not an add-on, it is a fundamental requirement for a just society

Posted on September 06, 2022

Prof Gerda van Dijk writes that gender equality should not be a numbers game, but about representation and the voice given to understanding the intersections that contribute to and continue to perpetuate inequality.